Aquarium plant
Elatine hydropiper
Elatine hydropiper
Elatine hydropiper is a creeping plant suited to foreground planting.
ForegroundCreeping plant
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Planting & care
- PlacementForeground
- GrowthCreeping plant
- LightMedium
- CO2Required
- Height3–5 cm (1.2–2 in)
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- Light
- Medium
- CO₂
- Required
- Temperature
- 16–26 °C
- Placement
- Foreground
- Growth type
- Creeping plant
- Aquarium suitability
- Suitable for aquariums Suitable for long-term aquarium use.
- Approx. height
- 3–5 cm (1.2–2 in)
Water conditions
- Temperature
- 16–26 °C
- pH
- 6.4–7
- Carbonate hardness
- 4–8 °dKH
- CO₂ (mg/L)
- 20–40 mg/L
Growth & placement
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Propagation
- Daughter-plant cuttings
Taxonomy
- Major group
- Angiosperms
- Family
- Elatinaceae
- Genus
- Elatine
- Botanical name
- Elatine hydropiper
